US EditionTrump's Greenland Push Prompts NATO Scramble
President Trump’s pursuit of Greenland as a national security asset has sparked NATO crisis talks and allied deployments amid concerns over Arctic resource control and alliance unity.
- This week President Donald Trump pressed to acquire Greenland, saying the US would get it `the hard way or the easy way` in social posts and a New York Times interview ahead of a White House meeting.
- Wednesday, he expanded his reasoning by pointing to a Danish Defence Intelligence Service report citing rising Russian and Chinese Arctic capabilities, while Denmark warned US leverage and force concerns.
- France and Germany announced Thursday they are deploying troops, including 13 reconnaissance team troops and a 15-strong French special forces unit; the US stations more than 100 personnel at Pituffik Space Force Base, and Denmark fields a battalion of about 600 troops.
- Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Greenland would `choose the Kingdom of Denmark` over the United States, while Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Danish Foreign Minister, said White House meeting talks left him convinced the US threat of force was real.
- This dispute risks damaging NATO's cohesion and the post‑World War II order, as analysts warn it could be the `final nail` if an ally attacks another and trigger Article 4 consultations.
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Trump puts NATO alliance at risk of collapse for first time since World War II
When eight European countries sent troops to Greenland this week, it was meant to show the US president that NATO was serious about security. He clearly didn’t see it that way.
According to Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who is also a former Danish prime minister, Trump is using Greenland "as a weapon of mass distraction."
President Trump issues major statement on Greenland after NATO states send troops
by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2026 Real World News President Donald Trump on Jan. 17, 2026, escalated his campaign to “acquire” Greenland on behalf of the national security of the United States and its allies. He put on notice Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland after reports that several […]
Former US security adviser John Bolton analyses the foreign policy of his former boss, Donald Trump: he considers the territorial claims on Greenland to be absurd, the Venezuelan intervention to be half-hearted and a US attack on Iran still possible.
PoliticsUS President Donald Trump threatens to leave NATO if his demand for Greenland fails. Europe signals rejection, Denmark and Greenland clearly rely on the alliance.
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